Restless Road

Restless Road is an American country music band based in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] The band is made up of Zach Beeken, Garrett Nichols, and Colton Pack. The group was formed and were the tenth contestant eliminated in the third season of the American singing competition series The X Factor in 2013.

Restless Road
Background information
OriginNashville, Tennessee
Genres
Years active2013-Current
LabelsRCA Nashville
Members
  • Zach Beeken
  • Colton Pack
  • Garrett Nichols
Past members
  • Andrew Scholz
  • Jared Keim
Websitewww.restlessroad.com

The band signed a record deal with Sony Music Nashville and released their debut, self-titled EP on February 27, 2020.[2] Also, the band has written songs for Rascal Flatts, Granger Smith, and David James.[3][4][5]

Formation and The X Factor

Beeken, a Pennsylvania native, and Pack, a West Virginia native,[6] met in 2013 while auditioning as solo contestants on season 3 of The X Factor. It was there that they met future collaborator Kane Brown, who was also auditioning for the show.

Beeken and Pack were eliminated before making it to the Top 40, but producer Simon Cowell invited them back to audition as a group with singer Andrew Scholz.[7][8] The new trio, called Restless Road, ultimately finished fourth on the season finale, which aired on December 19, 2013.[9][10] Subsequently, the band moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue success as a country trio.

Personnel changes

In February 2014, Pack announced his decision to amicably depart from the band and was replaced by Jared Keim, whom the other members discovered through a Dan + Shay cover he had posted to Facebook.[11]

In May 2015, Scholz left the band to pursue a career as a solo artist and was replaced by Garrett Nichols, a former contestant on season 13 of American Idol.[12]

In 2018, Keim left the group and was replaced by a returning Pack.[13]

Restless Road

After the dissolution of a record deal, Beeken and Nichols began working as bartenders in Nashville.[14] While Pack was working construction and releasing music in West Virginia, Kane Brown contacted him after seeing his cover of "Good As You," a song by Brown.[15] Brown, an RCA Nashville/Zone 4 artist, was beginning to develop new acts under his own label imprint, and he offered Restless Road a record deal.[16][17] This led to Pack rejoining the band, and in November 2019, they went into the studio with Dann Huff to begin recording a debut project.[14][18]

On January 6, 2020, Brown invited Restless Road onstage during his sold-out Staples Center concert to premiere their collaboration, "Take Me Home" a track inspired by John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads."[19] Brown and Restless Road released the song and its music video in February 2020. It later peaked at No. 7 on Billboard's Digital Song Sales chart.[20]

Later that month, on February 27, the band released Restless Road, a four-song EP including "Take Me Home." That same day, they performed "Take Me Home" together with Brown on the Today show.[21]

On October 15, 2020, Restless Road signed a worldwide publishing deal with Sony/ATV.[22] In CMT's program Off The Road With Restless Road, which aired October 16, the band revealed they were working with Huff on their debut album.[23]

Discography

Extended plays
  • Restless Road (Sony Music Nashville, 2020)

Singles
Year Single Peak chart
positions[24]
US Country US Country Airplay
2022 "Growing Old with You" 43 40

References
  1. Hassahn (27 July 2020). "Kane Brown Kicks Off Pandora's New Concert Series | Digital and Radio Facts". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. Restless Road - EP, 27 February 2020, retrieved 2020-09-10
  3. How They Remember You - Rascal Flatts | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-05
  4. Country Things, Vol. 1 - Granger Smith | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-05
  5. If I Were You - David James | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, retrieved 2020-11-05
  6. Nugent-Caruso, Allison. "Summerville 'X Factor' contestant's group Restless Road makes the cut". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  7. "Kane Brown Talks His Relationship With Restless Road: "I Feel Like A Dad Just To See Everything They Are Doing"". Music Mayhem Magazine. 2020-05-10. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  8. Rindge, Brenda. "Lowcountry connection on 'X Factor' 2013 Summerville graduate in Top 16 on TV competition". Post and Courier. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  9. Live Season Finale, Part 2 (Music, Reality-TV), Mario Lopez, Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato, Kelly Rowland, 2013-12-19, retrieved 2020-09-10{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. Kroll, Katy (2013-12-13). "Carlito Slips Into 'The X Factor' Finale". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2020-10-27.
  11. Deukes, Billy (2014-12-17). "'X Factor' Favorite Restless Road a Big Happy Family, Again". Taste of Country. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  12. Scholz, Andrew (May 14, 2015). "twitter.com/Andrew_Scholz/status/598943646218657792?s=20".
  13. Keim, Jared (February 27, 2020). "twitter.com/JaredKeim/status/1233039119250534401?s=20".
  14. "Episode #119: Restless Road by Off the Record • A podcast on Anchor". Anchor. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  15. Tingle, Lauren (2020-02-26). "Kane Brown Announces Label Deal with Restless Road". Country Now. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  16. "July 28: His record label signee and Nashville-based trio Restless Road will also make an appearance". Billboard.
  17. "Restless Road Talk About Their Journey To Working With Kane Brown, New Music". Sounds Like Nashville. 2020-04-08. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  18. "Restless Road on Kane Brown & Debut Album". YouTube.
  19. "KANE BROWN CELEBRATES SOLD-OUT STAPLES CENTER SHOW". Sony Music Nashville. 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  20. "Restless Road & Kane Brown". Billboard.com.
  21. "Restless Road performs 'Take Me Home' with Kane Brown". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  22. "Sony/ATV Nashville Signs Restless Road". 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-11-05.
  23. "CMT | Restless Road on Kane Brown & Debut Album 🎵 Off the Road". YouTube.
  24. "Billboard Country Update" (PDF). Billboard. June 27, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
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